Members of the Georgian Delegation tour the Joint Multinational Readiness Center and visit with Georgian army soldiers during a training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany on August 19, 2011. (U.S. Army photo b...

U.S. Army Col. John M. Spiszer, commander of the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, provides a training capabilities brief to U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, John Bass (center) and Gabriela von Habsburg, Georgian Ambassador to Germany during their vis...

Georgian Minister of Defense, Honorable Bachana Akhalaia receives a mission brief from U.S. Army Col. John M. Spiszer, commander of the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, during a training exercise at the JMRC in Hohenfels, Germany on August 19, 2...

Col. Jeff Hartman, Defense Attache to Georgia looks on as Georgian Minister of Defense, Honorable Bachana Akhalaia, shakes hands with a Georgian army soldier during his tour of the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany on August ...

HOHENFELS, Germany- Military officials and diplomats from the country of Georgia met with Georgian soldiers and their U.S. soldier and Marine observer/controller-trainers during an August 19, 2011 visit to the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany. Georgian Minister of Defense, Honorable Bachana Akhalaia and the Georgian Ambassador to Germany, Honorable Gabriela von Habsberg, along with U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, Honorable John Bass, took the opportunity to spend time with the Georgia's 31st Light Infantry Battalion prior to their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. The 31st is going through its second mission readiness exercise here at JMRC, the fourth Georgian rotation since last year.